Housing
Mixed Un-Use
Mixed use developments are reeling in residents, but struggle to attract retailers.
Housing Crawls Back Into New Orleans
A mixed-income housing project is one of a handful of housing complexes taking form in New Orleans, where housing availability has been slow to recover to pre-Katrina levels.
Green Projects Allay Second Home Buyers' Guilt
Developers seek to use the environmental friendliness of their projects to lure second home buyers who may be struggling with the guilt of buying another home and increasing their environmental footprint.
"Foreclosure Clusters" Bring Inner-City Crime to the Suburbs
The burgeoning increase in foreclosures is leaving some suburban California neighborhoods with multiple abandoned and unguarded homes, which become tempting targets for looters, vandals and thieves.
Enabling Retirees To Stay Put
Retirees are less inclined to move out of their homes as they ages, so a cooperative group in Connecticut is creating a network amongst retirees and service providers to enable people to stay put.
High Prices Pushing More Marylanders Out
Maryland residents are being pushed farther and farther away from Washington D.C. due to rising house prices.
Washington Struggles With Housing Affordability
Housing affordability is becoming a major issue in Washington, where workers increasingly have to "drive to qualify".
Need A Mortgage? Go Green
Green Mortgages, though in a nascent stage, aim to help buyers qualify for larger mortgages while reducing the impact of housing on the environment. Will it work?
Mayor Introduces Affordable Housing Plan In D.C.
Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has announced a broad plan to build affordable housing for the city's poor and low-income, as well as to impose measures that make it more difficult to convert buildings to luxury condos.
Finding A Housing Balance: Houses Vs. Apartments
A planning expert in Wales is warning that many cities are endanger of pushing families out to the suburbs by focusing solely on high-density development.
The Suburbs Aren't Family Friendly After All
While hard-working families with children often head out to the suburbs for an affordable home, the hidden toll is the long commutes by car -- and its frequently women who bear the brunt of the costs.
A 'Tsunami' of Homeless Veterans?
A new documentary portrays a grim new reality: veterans make up 25% of the homeless population in America -- a percentage which is expected to rise.
Downsizing Flint 'Gracefully'
Flint, Michigan has adopted a new strategy to deal with shrinkage and blight: tear down abandoned properties and sell the plots to nearby neighbors for a dollar.
Demographics Shift From Sydney To Melbourne
Rising home prices and cost of living are steering more Australians away from Sydney and towards Melbourne, creating a boom in population that has put the city on track to become the country's biggest city.
New Homes Being Built In Wildfire Zones
New development in Southern California's wildfire zones are required to provide safety features such as special landscaping and fireproof materials. Critics say cost to society is high.
New Urban Projects Faring Well In Declining Market
New Urban and transit oriented developments are showing better financial health compared to other types of development as the housing market declines nationwide.
Friday Funny: Disney's 'Urban Adventure'
As the Disney Corporation and the city of Anaheim, California, squabble over a proposal to build affordable housing near the Happiest Place on Earth, Morris Newman suggests turning the affordable housing project into an "urban theme park".
Affordable Housing Projects Demolished But Never Replaced
A rash of building demolitions has erased more than 700 units of affordable housing in the Washington D.C. area, but replacement buildings have not been constructed.
The 'Ad-Hoc' Redevelopment of New Orleans
Rebuilding and redevelopment continues is New Orleans, with a wide variety of architectural styles creating a patchwork in the city. Some say this free-form redevelopment is good for the city, but others are calling it a mistake.
The World's Skinniest House
Take a tour inside what may be the skinniest house ever built -- the bite-sized answer to the McMansion.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Ada County Highway District
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
